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LAS CRUCES, N.M. (Feb. 22) - The Aggies head to the Diamond Devil
Invitational in Tempe, Ariz., March 8-10. NM State faces UC Davis and Pittsburg
on the first day of the Invitational before meeting Notre Dame and host Arizona
State on March 9. The tournament concludes with two more meetings with the
Irish and the Sun Devils on Sunday, March 10.

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Looking Back

The Aggies went 4-2
on the weekend at the Eller Media Stadium Classic in Las Vegas, Nev. Two losses
on the first day did not hold the team back as NM State swept the next two days
of the tournament with two wins over both Weber State and UNLV. The Aggies
topped host UNLV in five innings (8-0) and claimed a 5-3 win on the final day
of the tournament.

Up Next

After more than a month of tournament play,
the Aggies head into their first road series against the Nebraska Huskers in a
three-game weekend series, March 15-16, in Lincoln, Neb.

In the
Lead

Senior Teresa Conrad leads the team with a
.396 batting average and a .604 slugging percentage. She has 21 hits with nine
extra-base hits and six walks for an on-base percentage of .475

Sophomore Staci Rodrigues leads the team with seven+
home runs and 27 RBI this season. She has 21 total hits with 16 runs scored and
has been walked eight times.

Second-Year Power

Sophomore Kelsey Dodd is second on the team in
batting average (.389) through the Aggies 21 games this season. She has two
home runs off 21 hits for a total of 13 RBI this season.

Sophomore Malena Padilla is hitting .327 so
far this season with 17 hits and eight runs with nine RBI.

Power in the Circle

Senior Pitcher Alex Newman pitched 61.1
innings, has 33 strikeouts, and boasts a 1.71 ERA through her 14 appearances in
the circle. She goes into the week with a 7-4 record.

As a pitching staff, the Aggies have worked
for a 2.36 ERA this season and combined for 96 strikeouts.

Sophomore Karysta Donisthorpe pitched a career
high 12 strikeouts in the 4-3 win over South Dakota.

The
Opponents

Arizona
State

Elizabeth Caporusico leads with a .441 batting
avg. while starting all 19 games

Cheyenne Coyle has 8 home runs for 26 runs
batted in to lead the Sun Devils

Dallas Escobedo boasts a 1.90 ERA through her
14 appearances and eight complete games for an 11-1 record in the circle. She's
pitched 77.1 innings with 120 strikeouts.

Series
Note

A regular opponent of the Aggies, ASU holds a
27-7 record over NM State with the most recent meeting coming at the 2012
edition of the Diamond Devil Invitational.

Last time, the Sun Devils worked for a 13-5
win over the Aggies in six innings to close the tournament.

UC Davis

Jasmine Lee has .281 batting avg. starting all
19 games with 18 hits on 64 at bats, but JJ Wagoner leads with a .333 average
(13 gp)

Chandler Wagner leads with 11 RBI for a .240
batting average and a .360 slugging percentage, but has 1struck out 16 times

Leah Munden and Justine Vela lead the Aggies
with a 1.94 and 2.28 ERA, respectively. Munden had worked 39.2 innings in the
circle for a 3-4 record. Vela is 5-1 with 55.1 innings pitched and 56
strikeouts.

Series
Note

This is the first meeting between the teams

Pitt
Softball

Tori Nirschl has .353 batting avg. starting
all 15 games with 18 hits, 3 home runs and 10 runs batted in

Savannah King leads with 5-4 record and 3.27
ERA with 11 appearances, 51.1 innings pitched and 30 strikeouts

Series
Note

This is the first meeting between the teams

Notre Dame

Emilee Koerner leads the Irish with a 5.18
batting average with 14 runs off 29 hits from 56 at bats for 17 RBI.

Kelsey Thornton had started all 17 games with
11 runs and leads the team with 11 stolen bases on 12 attempts

In the circle, Brittany O'Donnell is on top
with a 6-1 record and 1.72 ERA. She has worked 40.2 innings with 39 strikeouts

Series
Note

The Aggies and the Irish have met just once in
program history. In 2002, the extra inning game fell in favor of Norte Dame 9-7
in eight innings.

Big WAC
Honors

Sophomore Staci Rodriguez was named WAC Hitter
of the Week fora .429 on-base percentage and going 10-for-25 at the plate
for NM State with two double, a sacrifice fly and a career-high 13 RBI with
three home runs through the Aggies seven games last week.

Conrad led the Aggies at the plate last week
with a .600 batting average, an .800 slugging percentage and a .714 on-base
percentage. She had a hit in each of the Aggies' four games last week, with two
doubles, three runs of her own and one RBI and three walks. Conrad had two
multi-hit games and reached base each of her four times at the plate against
rival I-10 UTEP on Saturday, Feb. 23, helping NM State to a 5-4 win over the
Miners in extra (8) innings.

Rival Domination

NM State beat in-state rival UNM Sunday, Feb.
10, in a 3-0 victory in 7 innings. The Aggies fell in the second meeting
between the teams 10-9 after a rain delay in Las Cruces. The Rio Grande Rivalry
wraps up on March 19 in Albuquerque.

The Aggies then defeated I-10 rival UTEP 7-1
on Tuesday, Feb. 12, and came back to take the series with a 5-4 win over the
Miners in extra innings (8) in El Paso on Feb. 22. The third and final game of
the season for the rivals was postponed due to high wind warnings in the area.